lots of goodbyes. but some hellos, too. i bought this suitcase for $18 with leah on philly's south street. i adored it for so long but the zipper never did work right and i cut it out thinking i could replace it, and well, it's just a dead project. my guitar, well. in highschool i just taped the stickers on cause i knew someday i'd get a better guitar and i'd want to really stick the stickers to that case. but when my guitar finally did die, i gave it away to one of my previous movers and continue to carry the case with me. well no more. i may save a few stickers. the sixpence one. the 7ball one. 5 minute walk records. but it's stupid to carry the broken thing around with me anymore. the clasps are trashed, it doesn't even hold a guitar anymore. anyway, when it fell open inside were MY MISSING FAVORITE SOCKS! when i left germany for the first time ruth gave me xmas gifts to open on the plane, and one of them was my first ever self-striping sock yarn, before it was invented in america. and i cast on these socks on that very plane ride. i missed them very much the past 4 years. i am so happy to have them again and have no idea how they got there!
but blah blah blah about stuff. how bout more substantial travels? my mom's currently driving cross country to bring me some of my greatgrandmother's furnature for our new place. sadly, she's been stopped half way by a hospital visit. not her own, miss "well, i may have terminal cancer, but i bet you feel worse than me today with your flu symptoms" but my grandma- her cardiologist sent her right to the hospital and she is getting a pacemaker tomorrow! eek! poor grandma.
27.8.09
26.8.09
21/365
i am totally cool with it raining all day today. and all day tomorrow. it can even rain a little on friday if it wants. but it is totally unacceptable for it to rain on Saturday. GOT THAT UNIVERSE? also unacceptable- the flu-like symptoms i've had all day. chills, skin aches, headache: not cool at all. i've taken a nap and some advil so hopefully that will make it all better by tomorrow.
25.8.09
20/365
ok, now i'm starting a series of comment bribes. this one's for amy. cause since i got my boxes from the health food store they all used to be filled with funny things, and i have a whole bunch of kambucha boxes, which makes me think of amy. i am exhausted and overwhelmed by packing- i have too many boxes, they are all too heavy, and i will never get it all packed. of course, i haven't had dinner yet- lisa's buying tacos- and i just had a cup-0-soup and some goldfish for lunch, so i'm hoping that is coloring my opinion. MUST remember to buy more packing tape!
24.8.09
19/365
i've been being so stressed about the move and so depressed whenever i talk to my mom, and i've been blaming it on not getting enough sleep, which is also true enough. but after riding my bike to work last week i felt so good i realized yoga was probably having a bigger impact than i thought and i should probably get back in the habit. so i've been doing it every morning before work again, and it really does make me happier and less tired. horray. and horray for yogadownload.com where i can have a yoga instructor for free without waking my girlfriend.
18/365
not very hungover, but still sunday was the first day i've forgotten to take a sp. it was just a busy day- trying to get my bags done, trying to get some packing done, etc etc etc. i was already in bed and lisa and i were planning, and i'm like oh fuck i forgot to take a picture. so i went into the bathroom all grumpy and just took one. brrr! cold floor on bare feet.
23.8.09
17/365
luau! chris always has an amazing birthday luau party where the whole gangway between buildings is transformed into a colorful tropical parrothead wonderland. when you see the tiki torches duck under the christmas lights lit firescape and you're there. there was a singer songwriter who played the ukelele and everything. Lisa's best friend matt is in town and i am excited to finally meet him and i had lots of fun at the party with all of lisa's friends. also, this parot is animatrontic and talks and says lewd things.
22.8.09
16/365
I wanted to take today's sp at loopy but was afraid I'd be intimidated by all the cool knitters there. I do get so embarrassed when taking SPs. it wasn't a problem though, cause I stayed later than almost all of the fun people. (don't worry, if you're reading this and were still there, you're prolly why I said almost). I finished my mom's ishbel, and when gazing longingly at yhe sale yarn, was glad to see all the pretty colors of silk garden were gone, making it much easier to resist than previous weeks. but hello, I am moving a week from today(!). no. new. yarn.
20.8.09
15/365
i had that other one as todays photo but it was such an ugly arrangement. (it was from a picture, i don't make up ugly arrangements on my own) but i was worried i wouldn't be able to use this one because i was afraid you could read the delivery ticket and that is not a good idea for the internets.
so after mentioning not touching flowers often on monday, here i am touching flowers. ch got a free ticket to six flags, so i got to run the flowershop for the day. lots of hands on flowers. unfortunately, i didn't get as caught up on the paperwork as i would have liked, because there was home drama. our apprasal came in $7,000 lower than our purchase price, which means they don't wanna give us a morgage now. we're arguing with a variety of different people, but it's not looking good to close before we're kicked out of our current places :(
so after mentioning not touching flowers often on monday, here i am touching flowers. ch got a free ticket to six flags, so i got to run the flowershop for the day. lots of hands on flowers. unfortunately, i didn't get as caught up on the paperwork as i would have liked, because there was home drama. our apprasal came in $7,000 lower than our purchase price, which means they don't wanna give us a morgage now. we're arguing with a variety of different people, but it's not looking good to close before we're kicked out of our current places :(
19.8.09
14/365
so on friday i finally finally got my bike taken care of. i'd lost my keys back in december, and kryptonite didn't have any record of me registering my lock :( so i had to get it cut off. So i walked my bike on its back wheel all the way to the bike store on clark, and bought a new lock, and they were so nice. and then to the locksmilth 2 more blocks away, and they were super nice. collier locks is where it's at for excellent lock service, people. after the harrowing experience (sparks flying, the whole 9 yards) of the cutting, they walked me over to the garage next door where they blew up my tires for me so i could ride home. Yay clark street! i am so excited to be moving onto you!
but that was friday. TODAY was my first day of bike commuting, and i got out my bike map over breakfast to plan my route. and wouldn't you know, there's a path along the north branch of the chicago river. it's all woodsy and out doorsy and car-free. sadly, there were lots of joggers on the way home, but they're easier to swerve around. then it started to rain. but it was still nice to get home 15min earlier.
but that was friday. TODAY was my first day of bike commuting, and i got out my bike map over breakfast to plan my route. and wouldn't you know, there's a path along the north branch of the chicago river. it's all woodsy and out doorsy and car-free. sadly, there were lots of joggers on the way home, but they're easier to swerve around. then it started to rain. but it was still nice to get home 15min earlier.
18.8.09
12/365
i was going to take a pic of me at work again today, behind the sewing machine making those stupid little camera ends, but i kept forgetting to take my phone with me from the break room to the work room. and of course, it seemed kinda pushing it to take pictures at work two days in a row. so instead here's my first of i'm sure many CTA pictures. my coworker lexie is my Bus Buddy, we take the foster street bus together whenever our schedules allow- and gossip about the others at work.
17.8.09
12/365
i hate it when the fleurbot puts me on hold. stupid teleflora. this sorta sums up what my job is at the flowershop these days. not a lot of actual flowers. but that's actually fine, it's still a great job, and i like what i do, who i work with, and the music played there. in the dungeon of the tower.
16.8.09
11/365
i got a package from my dad yesterday. he went to an alpaca farm in albuquerque and loved the personalized tour so much he felt compelled to buy something, so he bought this skein of yarn and sent it to me. (well, it was a skein yesterday. it's a ball today. that's just how 365 works) it's super soft. i can't wait to knit with it. as you can tell by my dimple.
15.8.09
10/365
ch and hugo had johnnyb's car this weekend since they were watching his dog, so they took me on a brown elephant pilgrimage. after we dropped off our clothes books and kitchenware, they drove me to their new place where they'll be moving into-soon! i one-upped them though, because i remembered i have the combo for our new place, so i actually took them up to see my and lisa's new home! i was so sad i forgot to take a picture of us at the brown elephant so when ch spied an art gallery across the street i'm all let's take it there! they had pointing zombies in the window so we tried to point too, but alas, short arms and zoom iphone fail again.
14.8.09
9/365
the wonderful thing about starting 365 is how full of ideas one is. i should make a list so that i can remember about 175 when things are tough. i wanted to take a picture with my bike today since i finally took it to the locksmith to get it sprung, but i'm working hard to have less than 50% of my 365 out of my house. so i'll wait till i ride it somewhere and post this one, which is waiting for the bus by lisa's, and the stop is in front of an italian restaurant which was lame in the winter but now has an awning and these big petunia hanging baskets. i'm really self-concious of taking SPs in public, i'm learning, though. so i was unable to create the shot i was going for (either petunia hair or perspective that looked like my eminent destruction) and finally when the bus came i decided that i liked this one better than the ones with the petunias and the striped awning reflection.
13.8.09
8/365
I stopped at the health food store for boxes after work today. the prospect, for some reason, has been scary, but it was easy and now I have really attractive boxes. to pack all day tomorrow. since I don't have anywhere to work tomorrow. also, I don't know how long this iPhone photo thing will last, as I'm running out of arm length.
12.8.09
7/365
This is in lisa's elevator which i'm only gonna ride in like 20 more times. i think it's very pretty and vintage high risey, and the very first time i ever went over to her house i knew from the elevator that she paid much much much more rent than i do. she, however, hates this elevator cause she thinks it's slow and she always takes the freight elevator up and the stairs down.
11.8.09
6/365
rock & roll heaven made money at lollapalooza so mr. bossman came in at noon to tell me i could leave at 2 and be paid til 5 for my bonus. as you can see by the time on this clock, it took me a long time to get both my blue skirt and my hand in the frame, so i unfortunately couldn't ALSO make the lightmeter be set for me instead of the garden. because i am only smart enough to make my camera do so many things at once.
10.8.09
5/365
i just realized today my hair is long enough to have nap so i sported a fauxhawk to celebrate!
4/365
so so sticky hot here. i've spent the past two nights at lisa's since she has an ac. i've been wearing gauze and skin. also- notice all the shoulder freckles i got at the beach!
3/365
paint chips! so much fun! i can't wait for lisa! and i to get our new house. i hope and pray closing is 5 days earlier than currently set, so we have a chance to paint before moving in and we don't have to live in a storage space for a day.
2/365
cuddly. lisa! might do 365 too once she moves in with me and my fancy camera. not that i can be bothered to plug my fancy camera into the computer. i fear this year will be 365 iphone photos, baby!
1/365
it's gonna be a big year for me, what with my mom and all, and moving into the new place. i've been wanting to restart 365 for awhile, esp. as i'm being such a sucky blogger i thought this might be a better way to get across my daily happenings and hopefully won't miss updating you on big news like, say, buying a HOUSE. i know i have blog readers who aren't flickrites, and it's so easy to blog photos i thought i'd just repost them here so you can COMMENT! COMMENT! COMMENT! but if you're ready to drop me altogether cause you HATE having my stupid face appear on your RSS reader for both my blog and my photostream PLEASE let me know and i will cease and desist. anyway,
my dad sent me a voice memo cause he loves his new iphone i can't take video with mine, so i sent him this pic instead. he wrote back "what is wrong with your eyes?"
my dad sent me a voice memo cause he loves his new iphone i can't take video with mine, so i sent him this pic instead. he wrote back "what is wrong with your eyes?"
4.8.09
so i'm lame
first, the whole never blogging thing is lame, but the worst part is when i do blog i just whine about my mom and don't ever type about what's going on in my life. so the big thing is: you recall lisa! and i planning on moving in together? well, she decided it made more sense to buy than rent, since she has some savings and there's so many forclosures. so we've been house hunting. i can't believe i haven't blogged about it, and all the arduous process it has been. but we've found a place we like, and the price is right, and they accepted our offer, and they signed the contract. so here we are! i've given my 30 days notice to be out by sept 1st which is scary cause we don't know if we'll be able to move our closing date up from sept 2nd. but i am excited about painting, and having a 2 bedroom place, and not having to travel every night to be with lisa. and this place is adorable, hardwood floors, fireplace, minimal right angles (it's on the corner of a diagonal street) and a little back deck we share with the neighbors.
so sorry i missed that key information! i also just got back from the beach and am having a hard time transitioning to real life. i miss my mom (she's driving through BC and cruising to AK) and i am being wistful about the smell of the ocean and suntan lotion.
so sorry i missed that key information! i also just got back from the beach and am having a hard time transitioning to real life. i miss my mom (she's driving through BC and cruising to AK) and i am being wistful about the smell of the ocean and suntan lotion.
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